Chinese automotive manufacturer
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. Company type Private Industry Automotive Founded 6 November 1986; 37 years ago (1986-11-06 ) [1] in Taizhou , Zhejiang , China Founder Li Shufu Headquarters Binjiang District , Hangzhou , Zhejiang , ChinaArea served
Worldwide Key people
Li Shufu (chairman) An Conghui (president) Products Automobiles , motorcycles , engines , transmissions , luxury vehicles Production output
2.79 million vehicles (2023)[2] Revenue CN¥ 92.1 billion (2020)[3] CN¥9.636 billion (2020)[3] CN¥6.44 billion (2020)[3] Total assets CN¥206.74 billion (2020)[3] Total equity CN¥64.21 billion (2020)[3] Owner Li Shufu Number of employees
131,517 (2023)[4] Subsidiaries Simplified Chinese 浙江吉利控股集团有限公司 Traditional Chinese 浙江吉利控股集團有限公司 Transcriptions Hanyu Pinyin Zhèjiāng Jílì Kònggǔ Jítuán Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Website zgh .com Footnotes / references in consolidated financial statement ; shareholders' equity figure excluded perpetual bond [19]
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. (ZGH) , commonly known as Geely ( JEE -lee ; Chinese : 吉利 ; pinyin : Jílì ; lit. 'auspicious'), is a Chinese multinational automotive company , headquartered in Hangzhou , Zhejiang . The company is privately owned by Chinese entrepreneur Li Shufu . It was founded in 1986 and entered the automotive industry in 1997 with its subsidiary Geely Auto.[20] As of 2023[update] , the company ranks 225 in the 2023 Fortune Global 500 list of the world's largest companies.[4]
The company manufactures and sells vehicles under the names of Geely , Lynk & Co and Zeekr , which are part of the Geely Automobile Group , along with its subsidiaries and joint ventures, such as Volvo Cars , Polestar , Proton , Smart and Lotus , as well as commercial vehicles under the London EV Company , Radar Auto and Farizon brands. It also produces motorcycles under its subsidiaries Zhejiang Geely Ming Industrial (Jiming and Geely), Qianjiang Motorcycle (QJMotor and Keeway), and Benelli . It also holds a 9.7% stake in the Mercedes-Benz Group and a 17% stake in Aston Martin .[21] [22]
In 2024, the group produced a total of 2.79 million vehicles globally. 980,000 units were plug-in electric vehicles .[2]
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^ "Kinesiska staten storägare i Geely-bolag baserat i Göteborg" . auto motor & sport (in Swedish). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2023 .
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^ Cite error: The named reference Lotus Geely Etika stake paultan.org
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^ "Chinese smartphone brand Meizu sold to carmaker Geely as smart vehicles become latest frontier for Big Tech" .
^ Gerard Lye (24 May 2017). "Geely to acquire 49.9% stake in Proton, 51% in Lotus – definitive agreement to be signed before end of July" . Driven Communications. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 27 May 2017 .
^ Norihiko Shirouzu, Heekyong Yang (10 May 2022). "China's Geely buys stake in Renault Korea, eyeing US exports" . Reuters . Retrieved 5 January 2023 .
^ "Geely buys stake in Renault Korea, eyeing U.S. exports" . Automotive News Europe . 10 May 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2023 .
^ "Geely, Mercedes-Benz launch $780 million JV to make electric smart-branded cars" . U.S . 8 January 2020. Retrieved 5 January 2023 .
^ CAR magazine (28 March 2019). "It's official: Geely buys 50 percent of Smart from Daimler" . CAR Magazine . Retrieved 5 January 2023 .
^ "Nordic Credit Outlook" (PDF) . S&P Global Ratings. December 2021. p. 34. Retrieved 13 December 2021 .
^ Hawkins, Andrew J. (27 September 2021). "Electric car company Polestar is going public via SPAC" . The Verge . Retrieved 5 January 2023 .
^ Julie Zhu, Scott Murdoch (12 December 2022). "Exclusive: Zeekr, a premium Geely electric car brand, seeks over $1 billion in U.S. IPO - sources" . Reuters . Retrieved 5 January 2023 .
^ "2016 nián nián dù bào gào" 2016年年度报告 [2016 Annual Report] (in Chinese (China)). Geely Holding. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018 – via Shanghai Clearing House website.
^ "Geely's Li Shufu is betting billions on global push" . Yahoo! Finance. 26 February 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019 .
^ "Aston Martin Attracts Chinese Carmaker Geely as Shareholder" . Bloomberg.com . 30 September 2022.
^ "Aston Martin appoints Geely CEO to board" . Automotive News Europe. Retrieved 26 April 2024 .